A single sleepy suburban mile, two local coffee shops, two corporate giants, and a convenience store brawl for market share. Welcome to the local coffee wars—where seasonal flavors fly before fall even arrives.
The Great Suburban Coffee Wars
If Your Relationship Can Survive a Week at the Beach, It Can Survive Anything
One spouse forges ahead like Meriwether Lewis mapping the frontier; the other trails behind dragging a 50-pound cooler through scorching sand. If your marriage can survive a week at the beach, it can survive anything. Here are four essential rules for surviving the dunes, heat, and potential beach mutiny.
Making A Case for Hope
If you only look at social media, it feels like society is collapsing. But the real-world data on how we actually treat each other tells a completely different—and deeply hopeful—story.
Running out of gas
(A version of this story first appeared on June 21, 2023 on The Heart of The Matter.) My sons were both excited, my daughter a bit less, but she was being a good sport. They wanted to see the waterfalls. Our kids were all relatively young and we had billed up the falls and our... Continue Reading →
Why Are We So Bad at Vacation?
There’s the churning stomach. "If I can just get to Friday evening." I have the classic 1981 Loverboy song "Working for the Weekend" playing on a loop in my head. But then there’s also the excitement. "Time away to relax and chill." Vacation time is a funny thing in the U.S. We take work entirely too seriously,... Continue Reading →
“Don’t Make Me Come Over There!” (Even Deer Get the Glare)
Think "the parent glare" is strictly a human trait? Think again. From a home office window, one weary mother doe proved that keeping adventurous kids in line is a universal struggle.
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
You must be logged in to post a comment.